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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DD™ who wrote (10531)	3/14/1998 11:34:00 AM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

DD., I assume/think that you are most likely correct, for no other reason then the fact that there is just too much smoke for there not to be a fire. Yes , I found the prompting to speak up curious, but did not know quite what to make of it. russell

To: DD™ who wrote (10531)	3/14/1998 11:36:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 20981

WILLEY'S CAPABLE OF SERIOUS DAMAGE By DEBORAH ORIN It was a real Friday the 13th for President Clinton, who must be wondering why he didn't settle with Paula Jones a long, long time ago. Now the world has heard - in graphic detail - how Kathleen Willey accuses him of groping her at the White House. Willey - the White House volunteer who claims Clinton put her hand on his crotch when she came to beg him for a paying job - is by far the most devastating anti-Clinton witness to yet emerge. Devastating because no one can paint Willey as part of Hillary Rodham Clinton's supposed "vast right-wing conspiracy." Willey and her husband were Democratic fat cats and active Clinton supporters. Devastating because the incident took place at the White House, not back in Arkansas, and Willey was clearly a reluctant witness rather than eager to dish dirt on the president. Lawyers for Jones had to drag the story out of her. Devastating because Willey reportedly accuses Nate Landow, a Democratic fat-cat power broker with ties to Vice President Al Gore, of leaning on her to change her story - possible obstruction of justice. And devastating because Willey is going public with an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes," which airs tomorrow. She'll tell how the leader of the free world hit on her and say he's a liar if he denies it. "It's very believable and very persuasive and leaves little doubt about what happened," CBS "60 Minutes" producer Don Hewitt said yesterday as he hyped his show. There is, of course, amazing irony in Willey choosing to speak out on "60 Minutes" - the program Clinton used in 1992 to deny any affair with Gennifer Flowers. He now admits one sex act with Flowers, meaning he lied in 1992. Because Clinton has denied groping Willey, her story also raises the prospect that independent counsel Kenneth Starr - with whom she's cooperating - could use her story to charge Clinton with perjury. Willey, after all, isn't a Paula Jones who's seeking money. Nor is she a Monica Lewinsky who once signed a sworn affidavit denying sex with Clinton. She is a lifelong Democrat with no obvious ax to grind - which makes her a credible witness. And because Clinton helped Willey get a paying job, sent her on two overseas junkets and even named her to a prestigious post on the board of the United Service Organization, now would be a little late for the White House to claim she's an untrustworthy Clinton-hater. And yet, the story she tells is very similar to the Paula Jones story - of a boss who used his power to seek nonconsensual sex from subordinates. Also known as ... sexual harassment. So it will be fascinating to watch how the feminist movement reacts to Willey - after doing its best to demean Jones and brushing off the Monica Lewinsky mess as consensual sex if there was sex. No matter what happens in the Jones case now, it's all out in public - including Willey's charges. It's too late for second thoughts about how things would be if only the Clinton legal team had settled the Jones case. nypostonline.com